NHIS crisis has been ethnicised and politicised – Presidency
Nigeria's Presidency has decried the controversies surrounding the crisis at the country's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Following the announcement...
Nigerian government weighs options on cancer-linked plastic bottle component
Nigeria's Health Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole has inaugurated a Technical Committee (TC) on the use of Bisphenol – A (BPA)...
DR Congo: Ebola outbreak not yet a public health emergency
Based on situation on the ground regarding the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, the meeting of the Emergency Committee convened...
UN calls for global ban on virginity testing
UN Human Rights, UN Women and the World Health Organization (WHO) have unanimously called for a ban on virginity testing...
WHO, UNICEF and World Bank commit to new ways of working together
Eleven heads of the world’s leading health and development organizations today signed a landmark commitment to find new ways of...
Security challenges are undermining Ebola response in DR Congo
The World Health Organization (WHO) has decried the negative impacts that security challenges in at-risk areas are having on the...
Cancer: New initiative targets 60% survival rate for children by 2030
WHO has announced a new effort - the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer - with the aim of reaching...
Major immunization drive launched in DR Congo
Mashako Plan aims to boost vaccine coverage by 15%, protecting 220,000 additional children in DR Congo A quarter of a...
Liberia is expanding access to mental health care
Liberia is on course to reach its goal of expanding access to mental health care to 70 percent of the...
Half of all mental illness begins by the age of 14
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), half of all mental illness begins by the age of 14, but most...
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